Tech

Each Wednesday, the UK National Online Safety Centre send out online user guides for parents with the hashtag #WakeUpWednesday (should you use social media). These guides will be shared with you each week. Yesterday’s guides were for the popular apps TikTok and Instragram. Whilst both present the opportunity for creativity and fun, there are still […]

Dear parents / carers, we wanted to update you on the Chromebook trial we are currently running. So far the feedback we got back from students and staff is overwhelmingly positive, users think these devices are fast and easy to use. They also provide flexibility in terms of where we can use them. Thanks to the […]

Dear parents / carers, Every day, more and more schools and universities across the UK and the world are making the switch to open source and cloud technologies. We would like to be at the forefront of these technological advancements and would like to offer our students the opportunity to learn how to use them. […]

On Wednesday 15th June 2016 three of our students represented Westhaven School at the Coding Showcase at Hans Price Academy. Alongside six other schools we were invited to showcase our projects and to participate in a coding workshop. Ben, Ewan and Travis had been working on a project programming a remote controlled car using the […]

The BBC Bitesize app is here! The brand new BBC Bitesize app is now available to download on your mobile phone, for free (iOS and Android). BBC launched the Bitesize app for 14-16 year olds just in time for exam season, giving you everything you need to get revising, whenever you want, wherever you are. […]